A method is provided for processing an error during restitution of digital content during a multimedia session on a terminal. The session offers a plurality of representations of the digital content which are described in a medium carrying information describing the multimedia session and transmitted independently of the representation data. The method includes, following the obtaining of the description-carrying medium, acts of obtaining, for at least one representation indicated in the description information-carrying medium, at least one item of information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on a server; of comparing the information regarding guarantee of availability of the data of the representation on the server with at least one predetermined value; of selecting a fallback representation as a function of the result of the comparison, and upon detecting a restitution error, of toggling to the fallback representation selected.
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2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fallback representation is selected prior to the error detection.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fallback representation is selected after the error detection.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information regarding guarantee of availability further includes an item of data representative of a temporal period of validity associated with the type of guarantee.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the selection of the fallback representation is repeated at the expiration of the period of validity associated with the information regarding guarantee of availability of the selected fallback representation.
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